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ASSOCIATED INDUS. OF MASS. v. SEC. OF THE COMMONWEALTH

413 Mass. 1 (1992)

595 N.E.2d 282

ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES OF MASSACHUSETTS & others vs. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen S. Ostrach (Emily R. Livingston with him) for the plaintiffs.

Peter Sacks, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

David E. Wood, for Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & GREANEY, JJ.

LIACOS, C.J.

The plaintiffs commenced this action in the county court, challenging the Attorney General's certification and summary of an initiative petition entitled "An Act to fund cleanup of hazardous waste dumpsites in Massachusetts." The single justice reserved and reported the action to the full court on the parties' pleadings and statement of agreed facts. We hold that both the certification and summary comply with art. 48 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts...

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